GEORGE TOWN: The five-day remand order for Penang state executive councillor Phee Boon Poh (pic) as well as a father-and-son duo have been set aside by the High Court here.
Judicial Commissioner Datuk Abdul Wahab Mohamed allowed the application for a revision of the remand, ruling that the order issued by a lower court contravened Section 117 of the Criminal Procedure Code.
He said the three suspects were denied natural justice and recognised that they were not allowed to consult their lawyers during remand proceedings.
On Saturday, Assistant Registrar Ameera Mastura Khamis granted a five-day remand order to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) to remand Phee, factory director Edmund Gan Eu Leong, 37, and his 70-year-old father Gan Buck Hee, who is the factory manager.
Phee, Edmund and Buck Hee were nabbed by the MACC on Friday over a probe into an illegal carbon filter processing factory in Kampung Sungai Lembu, Bukit Mertajam.
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